JFK Speech on...
This speech by President John F. Kennedy talks about racial equality, because there was an incident where troops were needed so two black kids could attend a white school that they were admitted to. The speech goes on to talk about how their should be any differences between sending various races of to fight in war, so why can’t more than one race attend public school? Blacks should receive equal services at hotels or restaurants, and all Americans should have the ability to vote, and every american should be able to enjoy the privileges of being american regardless of race or color, but that’s not how it works. Negro baby born in the 1960s had half as much chance of going to college, and twice as much chance of becoming unemployed. There are difficulties over segregation and discrimination; it’s a moral issue not a political issue, dating back to the Constitution. He also says that if a colored man cannot “enjoy the full and free life that all of us want, then who among us would be content to have the color of his skin changed and stay in his place?” and that the country won’t be free from oppression until its citizens are free. Kennedy wants to pass a law so that all citizens regardless of skin color can be served at public accommodations like restaurants, hotels, and theaters. He has started the progress of desegregation.
This speech relates to my thesis, that Americans have rights without the freedom to use them, because clearly blacks have some rights, but society has limited what black people can do and how they act and where they can go. Kennedy hopes to alleviate some of these restrictions, providing Negroes with equal rights and eliminating segregation. This will take time, but in modern times life is pretty desegregated concerning the black population of America. Blacks should have the right of equal service at public accommodations, but until society changes, that right is limited, along with countless others that haven’t been put into law yet (in 1963).
This speech relates to my thesis, that Americans have rights without the freedom to use them, because clearly blacks have some rights, but society has limited what black people can do and how they act and where they can go. Kennedy hopes to alleviate some of these restrictions, providing Negroes with equal rights and eliminating segregation. This will take time, but in modern times life is pretty desegregated concerning the black population of America. Blacks should have the right of equal service at public accommodations, but until society changes, that right is limited, along with countless others that haven’t been put into law yet (in 1963).